The development of 94 apartments as affordable housing/independent living for seniors 62+ has been proposed for the area across the street from Strosniders currently occupied by two houses (3906/3910 Knowles Avenue).

Costco has been trying since February 2010 to jam a mammoth gas station into the Westfield Wheaton mall. After a marathon 37-day hearing, Montgomery County turned them down but Costco appealed to the courts.